Dermatology · Dermatology / Infectious skin disease
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
also: Ritter disease; Ritter von Rittershain disease
Superficial blistering and peeling caused by staphylococcal exfoliative toxins.
- Specialty
- Dermatology
- Subspecialty
- Dermatology / Infectious skin disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: mainly neonates and children under 5 years
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Ritter disease; Ritter von Rittershain disease
Etiology & mechanism
Exfoliative toxins A and B cleave desmoglein 1 in the granular layer.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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